Beacon Courtyard - 12:01PM

Ruby and the others walked over to Evie in the courtyard.

"Hey Evie… what's with the hay?" Yang asked

"It's a long story. We're trying to get Jaune to lose his fear" She said then pointed up. Jaune was coming into view of everyone, which made everyone gasp as they saw him falling.

"HOLD ON JAUNE!" Pyrrha shouted and got her spear out like last time.

"Wait!" Evie said and grabbed it. "This is all part of it. He'll fall from the tallest tower in school, then land safely in the hay" She said.

"Uh, hello?! That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! And I know stupid!" She said and pointed at Ruby which made her pout.

"Hold it… Just a little more…" Evie mumbled as Jaune almost made it to the bottom.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH-" he screamed as he fell and landed straight into the hay very hard.

All the others gasped in shock and quickly went to the hay to get Jaune out. Nora pulled him out and cradled him like a baby. "Jaune! Don't go towards the light!" She yelled while everyone else besides Evie looked confused.

Jaune made it to the ground safely.

He cough slightly. "I hate Jacob…" He mumbled.

Beacon Bell Tower - 12:03PM

Jacob got the call from Evie about how it went down there.

"Well, you can sleep well knowing that Jaunes ok" He said and turned to Ozpin.

"Wonderful… Now let's not make this a habit" Ozpin said and walked the other way. "Now then. Come to my office and tell me how meeting the Swarm went"

"It went terrific" he saud as they walked. "The Swarm sort of remind me of this man who wanted the same thing that the Swarm is doing in the cities" he said and thought about Carl Marks and his Communism talks.

"The Swarm was made years ago when economic conditions weren't so well, and bandits were terrorizing villages" Ozpin explained. "People outside outside of the Kingdoms call the Swarm a group of bandits who hunt down other bandits for a large price, but when they moved into the kingdoms, they're mostly in it for the profit when" He said as they made it downstairs and to the chairs. "Enough about that. Did you get what you wanted?"

"Sure did. Thanks to them, Ill be able to walk into that warehouse easily" Jacob said. "But Ozpin... there was something else that happened. The Vale leader talked about something called 'Gods Relic' when i told him why I want to get in"

"Really... I didn't think that story was still relevant" He said. "Gods Gods Relic is another name for the Apple of Eden we're after"

"I understood that... but I thought people didn't know about the existence-"

"They don't... Well, nobody outside of the order has ever been able to find any proof of the story. The only thing people know about it is what the story talks about, which is how the relic has the powers of knowledge, creation, destruction, and choice"

Jacob nodded. "That's the Apple alright..."

"There's more to the story, but anyway, most people will try and go into the grim infested lands and find the relic... and as you can guess, they never come back" Ozpin said. "So... you have your weapons, your aura, your semblance, and now, your way in... your ready to go after the white fang" He said.

"You mean me and Evie weren't before?" Jacob asked and smirked. "We'll find that map, and if we're lucky, kill Torchwick while we're at it"

"And always remember to have fun" He said. Jacob laughed and left.


[3 days later] Grimm Studies - 3:30PM (Meeting is tonight)

"Let the match... BEGIN!" Port shouted as he openedthe cage and let the Boarbatusk out.

Evie narrowed her eyes and charged after the beast. She threw a few throwing knives at the small spots where its armor wasn't protecting, then tossed a voltaic bomb.

The Boarbatusk was stunned and didn't move. Evie made it over and swung the blunt end of her cane sword at its head, and a punch in the eye. The beast blinked and moved hits head and hit evie twice then lundged at her which made her fall down.

She oof as she hit the ground. She pulled her hood over her head and went invisible before the Boarbatusk used its spiral attack and rolled right past her. It growled and walked around as it looked for her.

Evie crouch walked behind the beast then went visible again. She pulled her pistol out and shot the Boarbatusk a few times to get its attention. Jacob gave her the dust bullets, but like the alpha Beowolf, A Boarbatusks armor was too strong to penetrate through.

The Boarbatusk turned and growled at Evie and charged after her. Evie shot her grappling hook at its tusk as it charged. She jumped out of the way as it passed by and she used all her strength to pull the beast so it would turn slightlyqnd slam into the desk on the side, and flip over.

Evie pulled the sword out and stabbed the Boarbatusk in its stomach then pulled her pistol out and shot the Boarbatusk a few times in its neck since that had no armor covering it either. After a few seconds it stopped moving and started dissolving away.

"Wonderful work Evie!" Port said and clap. "Bravo!"

She smiled and got back up. "Thank you" she said and went back to her seat.

"Now remember students, your homework is..." As Port was going on, jaune leaned over to Evie.

"Hey Evie" He whispered. "I got two tickets to see Spruce Willis tonight... I-If you wanna come with me-" The bell rang before he could finish.

"Apologies Jaune. But I'm already busy tonight" Evie said and got up. "We can hang out another time though" she said and walked out of class.

"Yeah... hang out..." He mumbled and lay his head down.


RWBY(J) room - 4:30PM

Everyone were getting there gear and clothes on. Everyone besides Evie changed into white and black clothes.

"Alright guys! The investigation begins!" Ruby said and jumped off her bed excited.

Weiss rolled her eyes and got up. "I'm glad we're taking this so seriously" She said.

"It could be worse. We have a plan at least" Jacob said and put his pistol away.

"Alright... Everybody remember there rolls?" Ruby asked.

Weiss: "You and I will head to CCT and check the Schnee records for any more Dust robberies in the other Kingdoms... Seeing as I'm in the family, It shouldn't be a problem"

Blake: "The White Fang has monthly faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit new members. If I can get in, I'll hopefully find out what they're planning"

Evie: "While you're doing that, I'll sneak into the meeting through another way, and see if i can get anything from backstage"

Jacob: "I'll meet up with Blake in the warehouse. Should anything go wrong and you get compromised, you'll need help getting out"

Yang: "I have an old friend that typically knows everything going on in Vale. Getting information out of him shouldn't be hard"

"Great... We'll meet up with Yang and go over what we found" Ruby said. "Lets do this!"

"Yeah!"

Everyone looked at the open window. Sun was hanging by his tail upside down.

"What the- SUN?!" Yang asked. "How'd you get up there?'

"Oh, I do it all the time" Sun said.

"What?!" Weiss asked.

"I climb trees all the time" He said and got in the room.

Jacob sighed. "What are you doing here?"

"We're finally going after Torchwick, right?" He asked

"WE! Are going to investigate the situation... As a team" Blake said and crossed her arms.

"Sorry Sun. We don't wanna get friends involved" Ruby said.

"What? But what about Evie?" Sun asked while Evie shrugged. "And besides, you should always get friends involved... That's why I brought my friend Neptune along" He said and pointed back at the window.

They all looked out the window and saw Neptune standing on the ledge of the building.

"Sup" Neptune said.

"How did you get up here?" Yang asked.

"I have my ways… seriously though, can I come in? It's really high up" He said.

Jacob grabbed his hand and pulled him inside. "Well, it looks like we don't have much of a choice now" Jacob said.

"Alright! We'll split into groups then" Ruby said. "Jacob and Evie, Blake and Sun, and Neptune and Yang" She said and pushed Neptune to her sister.

Weiss frowned and lookrd at Ruby. "Uh- Ruby! Why don't you go with Yang? She is your sister after all" She said.

"But who would go with you?" Ruby asked.

"Well... I guess Neptune can come with me?" She asked and smiled

there was a short silence in the room until Ruby snorted and laughed. "Yeah... good one" She said and dragged Weiss away.

"But... But..." She whined and looked at Neptune as she was dragged out the room.

Everyone else started leaving the room and walking out. Evie grabbed Jacobs arm to stay while everyone left. "Remember Jacob. No reckless actions here... Until we get our answers" She said.'

"Relax Evie. We've been ready for the last week" He said. As Jacob walked down the hall he called David. "Hey David. I'm ready to get those Faunus parts"

"That's good. I got some stuff to take care of though... I'll meet you at the Green Dragon at like 7" David said.

"Alright" He said and hung up. He got a call from Arthur as he was walking. "Hey Arthur" He said.

"Hey Jacob! Y-Y-You think if I eat gravity Dust crystals, I'll have the power to fly?" Arthur asked.

Jacob pinched the bridge of his nose annoyed. "What? That's the dumbest thing I've heard"

Arthur chuckled. "My bad dude, I'm high as shit right now" He said and laughed some more. "Yo. Wanna come over and blaze up?"

"No thanks. I have shit to do on weekdays" Jacob said and smirked.

"Awww! That's harsh man!" Arthur said. "Whatever... what else did I call to ask you..." He mumbled and thought.

Jacob rolled his eyes. "I'll leave you be... bye Arthur" He said and hung up. "Such a pot head" He said to himself and kept walking.


Downtown Vale - 5:00PM

Jacob was walking in town on his own for a little bit. He had nothing to do since he has to wait for David. When he turned the corner, he saw a crowd in the park with some Atlas military soldiers around. Up on stage, a hologram of Ironwood was shown, along with a few white robots.

"Presenting, the Atlesian Knight" Hologram Ironwood said as people started to clap. "Smarter, sleeker, and admittedly, a little less scary then the original model" He added. "Now, these models will be active within the end of next month, but they won't be alone. The Atlesian Military has always supported the idea of removing men from the dangers of the battlefield..."

As Ironwood kept talking, Jacob raised a brow as he remembered the conversation he had with Edward. He took a picture of the stage and sent it to him.

"You talked about perfect fighting robots. Are these the robots?" Jacob texted.

"No, that's a whole different robot that's allegedly disguised as an Atlas student. Those are just an upgrade to Ironwoods robot soldiers. He basically ripped of 'Star Battles' and wants to create a whole disposable army of soldiers who nobody will miss" Edward texted.

"What's 'Star Battles'?"

"Excuse me?! You're watching all 8 movies tomorrow! I will personally pull you out of all your god damn classes!" He texted back.

Jacob rolled his eyes and kept watching the presentation.

"Our kingdoms greatest minds, in cooperation with the Schnee Dust Company, are proud to introduce... The Atlesian Paladin!" He said as the hologram disappeared and was replaced with a hologram of a large power suit, which made everyone cheer and clap again. "We couldn't have any models to show you today, but these mechanized battle suits will be seen defending our kingdoms borders within a year!"

'Atlesian Paladin... They look... powerful' Jacob thought as he looked at it. He saw a guard tap his friend and point to the side. Jacob turned his head and saw Ruby and Penny before Penny ran off with Ruby running after her. "Oh dear..."


Ruby and Penny ran down an alley. They almost made it to the end but two more guards blocked the way. They yelp and stopped running as the other two walked up from behind.

"Just stay where you are Penny" One said before a few smoke bombs fell and exploded around Ruby and penny. The guards coughed and covered there eyes. Ruby looked up and saw Jacob on the rooftop.

"Go! Keep running!" He yelled and pointed to the exit.

They didn't have time to ask questions and just ran through the smoke and ran across the street, while Jacob ziplined to the other building to keep up with them.

As the two ran, Ruby grabbed Penny and used the wall to boost them both all the way down the alley. Ruby lost her grip and dropped Penny while she kept rolling and stopped in the road where a truck was about to hit her.

"RUBY!" Jacob shouted and tried to make it to save her. Luckily, Penny pushed Ruby out the way and managed to stop the truck herself with just her hands.

"Are you ok?" She asked the driver casually. The guy was frightened but nodded. Penny looked around and saw Rubys shocked face, and then other peoples shocked and confused faces around her. She closed her eyes and just kept running.

She eventually stopped running when they got away from the guards, and Ruby caught up with her.

"Penny... Please! What is going on?!" Ruby asked. "Why are you running? A-And how did you do that?!"

"Uhh... Uh..." She mumbled and hiccup.

Jacob jumped down from the roof and landed next to them. "Are you two ok?" He asked. "Penny, why were they chasing you?"

"I-I can't... Everything's fine!" She said and hiccup. "I-I don't wanna talk about it!" She said and hiccup again.

"Penny, if you can just tell me and Jacob what's wrong we can help you" Ruby said and got closer.

Penny turned around. "No, no no... You wouldn't understand!" She said.

"Let us try..." Jacob said. "You're our friend"

She turned and held Jacobs hand and Rubys hand. "Y-You're my friend, right? Both of you?" She asked. They both nodded and she let go of them. "Rubby... Jacob... I'm not a real girl" Se said and showed them her hands, where her skin had some patches and showed the metal underneath from when she stopped the truck. They both stared at her hands in shock.

"Oh" Was all Ruby said.

Jacob however was thinking something else. 'So it is true... Atlas has made a working robotic Huntress' Jacob thought. 'Edward's right. Ironwood is making a whole army that can work at own command... which means he's probably right about Ironwoods intentions about the Piece of Eden'